V-ray has the advantage of money behind it, and I believe is more polished at the moment. In the grand scheme of things, I think you could get 2 renders looking similar using both cycles and V-ray. It looks like V-ray has slightly more restrictions as to what is supported on the GPU compared to cycles (currently the only thing not supported on cycles GPU to my knowledge is subsurface scattering, which is on its way). This allows cycles to have unique optimization strategies for rending, but it costs in its ease of use in my opinion.Īlso cycles seems to be built for use on the GPU. In Vray, glossiness is just a parameter for the material. Example would be to do a normal looking material in cycles, you have to mix diffuse with "glossy" shader. V-ray seems to take a more traditional approach in just having a giant material with lots of settings. In cycles we define materials using "nodes". The differences is in their implementation and ease of use. Other computers on the network need access to them in order to render the images properly.V-Ray and Cycles use similar methods to light a scene (path tracing, global illumination). You can use the network path when configuring where to save/load the file(s). Q: The image is not rendered properly when using Irradiance Map and Distributed RenderingĪ: Make sure you have saved the Irradiance Map file(s) (.vrmap) in a shared folder. Also enable Output panel and enable "Image to Blender" - this will load rendered image back to Blender in render end. You could also observe the rendering process by staring Blender from Terminal.
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Q: I can't find the scripts folder on OS XĪ: It is hidden inside blender.app, just right click and choose "Show content", then navigate to MacOS/X.XX/scripts/startup/vb25Ī: Leave the image compression to the default value of 90%Ī: There is an issue with the 64 bit version of V-Ray Standalone on Max OS X - it doesn't have GUI use the 32 bit version to have V-Ray Framebuffer window.
Q: I have downloaded examples from the site, but when I run render I only see the lights and I get no errors but 13 warningsĪ: If You see just lights and the render is completely dark/without any geometry hit "Export Meshes" before You hit "Render".
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Update your V-Ray or use a Layered material. This means that you are using an old V-Ray version. Warning: Failed to create object of type "BRDFCarPaint" Warning: Failed to create object of type "BRDFVRayMtl"
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It also means that there is a bit of a delay after official Blender releases, while the renderer developers tweak their code to be compatible with the new Blender before releasing an update. Q: After applying a VRayMtl to an object it is rendered black.Ī: If you have "black" objects on render and errors like: Then Octane and V-Ray actually have their own separate version of Blender, which can be a bit annoying to manage. Q: When using V-Ray for Blender with V-Ray for Maya demo nothing is rendered out when I hit render.Ī: Check the resolution - the demo version has limitation to maximum resolution of 600x450. Q:How to exclude an object or a material from generating and/or receiving caustics?Ī: Use the Wrapper Panel (in materials and objects). Q: Can I exclude more than one object - I don't see any button to add another one?Ī: You can add object names separated by ' ' (look at tool tip) you can also add groups separated by ' ' Q: Where is the Number of passes option in the Light Cache?Ī: To set it manually disable the Autonum passes checkbox
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Q: How to make a point light to have a smooth transition between light and dark areas? To enable the preview of materials and textures using V-Ray you need to select V-Ray (material. 2.Choose V-Ray as a rendering engine as shown in the image below. Disable the Visible to camera check box but leave Visible to reflection and Visible to refraction check boxes enabled. Go to File User Preferences Addons and enable the addon called Render: V-Ray For Blender 3.0. Select the object and in the material settings go to the render tab. Q: How to make an object that is visible in reflections but is invisible to the camera?Ī: This can be done by setting up the material. Q: How to quickly render the whole scene with one materialĪ: Render> Globals tab> Material Override - enable the checkbox and pick a materialĪ: Select the object you want to be a light and go to Object tab>Light Q: I have a few objects i want to render out separately, but each element has to have the light interactions with the other elements intact, although the other elements would have to be excluded from the final image.Ī: Select the Camera and go to it's settings tab,check Hide Objects, then choose from camera
Q: I want to render a channel with one selected object?Ī: Go to: Render>Channels> add an ObjectSelect channel and type the correct ID in the field below Q: What's the quickest way to update the script?Ī: Render>Exporter panel> Update Exporter button